BULATLAT FILE Photo by Fred Dabu/ May 1 in Manila By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Days before May 1 Labor Day, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) reiterates its call for a pay hike. “Increasing the minimum wage from Php537 to Php750 will significantly lessen the gap between the current earnings and the family living…
A Sumifru worker shows us how to make keychains and tumblers. They sell these items to sustain their fight for regularization and for the right to form a union. They have left Compostela Valley in November 2018, following incidents of physical violence, harassment, red tagging and threats against their officers and members. They are now…
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The Committee to Protect Journalists and Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom representatives hold briefing with media regarding their current mission in the Philippines. (Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin/Bulatlat) “This is a very great concern for the CPJ and the international community, because the Philippines has long enjoyed a very robust free press. We are concerned that…
(Photo grabbed from Facebook page of Lito Ocampo) “It is not just an issue of poverty but also of the president’s intolerance of dissent.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Is the legal and judicial system of the Philippines, broken?” This was the question posed to lawyer-candidates vying for a senatorial seat in a…
Citing UP as the country’s premier university, Simbulan notes the praxis of theory and practice as a critical element. After all, UP’s symbol, the oblation signifies offering oneself for the people. By AMIHAN MABALAY In these critical times, our ideals as one nation are put to test. The current regime pits people against each other,…
Joanna Patricia Kintanar Cariño (File photo by Noel Godinez/Northern Dispatch) “Whatever the suppression, however, they failed to stop her continuing courageous actions, inspiring global citizens throughout the world, and thus was selected her (Cariño) as the winner of the 2019 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights,” it added. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA –…
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro. (Photo by Efren Ricalde) By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Back story: France Castro: teacher, friend, activist MANILA– Amid red-tagging of the progressive leaders, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has been named as recipient of the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Professional Rights 2019. The Svensson Prize has been…